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This 17th century cannon was loaded, about the only sailor in a safe position is the one looking down the barrel. The cannon is one of several which line the walls of the replica of the old Spanish fort which offered protection against French and English invaders.
Every village must have a commissary or trading post. Pensacola in 1743 was no different. Here, visitors stop for a quick lift before they continue the tour.
"There was nothing like this in gunnery school." The young sailors playfully aim a 1675 model spanish musket at a pretty Quadricentennial guide.
